Counting the Omer in the Age of Corona
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - For those who are of the habit of marking Jewish time, we started counting the Omer on the second night of Passover, nearly a week ago. [...]
Zoombombing: Developing Resilience Against Virtual Attacks
by Claire Dahan - On Monday evening, during the observation of Yom Hashoah, a major incident occurred in our community. As you know, this day is an important time for [...]
Alone For The Seder: Tips, Step-by-Step
By Josh Weiner - this is the second article of a series. The first one, with reflections and encouragements, can be found here. How different is this night from [...]
Alone For The Seder : Thoughts, Tips and Encouragement
By Josh Weiner - this is the first article of a series. The second one, with concrete tips, can be found here. One who is alone should ask themselves: "Why [...]
The Jewish Education Project Launches New Tutorials and Resources Amid Rapid Shift to Distance Learning
From online classrooms to mindfulness exercises and more, educators want support with new platforms New York -- Amid the unprecedented transition to distance learning made by thousands of schools and [...]
Education During Corona
Who isn’t aware of the madness that has plagued the world in recent weeks? What began as a mysterious local epidemic in an exotic wet market in China has become [...]
Creating True Equality
I heard a story this week from one of my lecturers that really made me think. He told us of his first Shabbat in the yeshiva high school his parents [...]
Connecting Millennial Jews through Jewish Doings: The Making of 248
The following is a conversation with Gideon Vennor, Director, 248 Community Action Network The 248 Community Action Network is a "Glocal" network of Jewish doers. Members use the worldwide network [...]
Jewish Engagement As We Know It: Are We Measuring What We Think We Are
by Valerie Feldman, PhD - Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the diverse ways in which people engage in Jewish life, and how this matters for Jewish community leaders [...]
Interfaith Couples and Jewish Education: An Orthodox Response
by Tzuri Hasson - I recently read the excellent article “Interfaith Couples and Jewish Education: Valuing Grandparents by Faustine Goldberg-Sigal, one of my fellow writers here on Jeducation World. The [...]
Top 6 Challenges of Working with Jewish Teens
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - While I spend a great deal of time talking about my love of Jewish teens, which inspires the work that I do every day, like anyone [...]
The Path To Jewish Identity: #WEREMEMBER
by Rabbi Irina Gritsevskaya - January 27th marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel we observe Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance [...]